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... duty on them would not add , perceptibly , to the revenue . Others are of such great value , in proportion to their bulk , that to raise the duty upon them to the general standard would cause them to disappear from the reports of our ...
... duty on them would not add , perceptibly , to the revenue . Others are of such great value , in proportion to their bulk , that to raise the duty upon them to the general standard would cause them to disappear from the reports of our ...
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... duties , inas- much as an increase in one direction will require a diminution in some other . Inequality might , indeed , exist , if the relative consumption of the articles charged with different rates of duty were different in ...
... duties , inas- much as an increase in one direction will require a diminution in some other . Inequality might , indeed , exist , if the relative consumption of the articles charged with different rates of duty were different in ...
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... duty of all the confederate States to respect that right in the citizens of each State , are admitted and enforced by that Constitution . Congress , in discharge of its duty , has enacted laws providing safeguards , and inculcating duties ...
... duty of all the confederate States to respect that right in the citizens of each State , are admitted and enforced by that Constitution . Congress , in discharge of its duty , has enacted laws providing safeguards , and inculcating duties ...
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... duties on wines and spirituous liquors , on their introduction into this country , and substituting an ad valorem duty , which could not be viewed with indifference by the Government of Portugal , inasmuch as the pro- posed change ...
... duties on wines and spirituous liquors , on their introduction into this country , and substituting an ad valorem duty , which could not be viewed with indifference by the Government of Portugal , inasmuch as the pro- posed change ...
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... duty , may fall under au increased charge or duty , by the operation of this law . The third article of the treaty subsisting between the United States and Portugal is in these words : " No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the ...
... duty , may fall under au increased charge or duty , by the operation of this law . The third article of the treaty subsisting between the United States and Portugal is in these words : " No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the ...
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Page 1 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 269 - ... Philosophical and scientific apparatus, utensils, instruments, and preparations, including bottles and boxes containing the same, specially imported in good faith for the use and by order of any society or institution incorporated or established solely for religious, philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school or seminary of learning in the United States, or any State or public...
Page 7 - It is also understood that the permission granted by this article is not to extend to allow the -vessels of the United States to carry on any part of the coasting trade of the said British territories...
Page 9 - ... to be recovered by any person who will sue for the same in any Court of Record in this State, in the name of the Governor of the Commonwealth.
Page 56 - ... and port charges, as well as to the fees and perquisites of public officers, and all other duties and charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishment whatsoever.
Page 107 - Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
Page 11 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven and in the one hundred and twenty first year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
Page 19 - An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.